The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.
FREDERICK DOUGLASSThere is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution.
More Frederick Douglass Quotes
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A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.
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Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever.
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Truth is proper and beautiful in all times and in all places.
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He who would be free must strike the first blow.
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Praying for freedom never did me any good til I started praying with my feet.
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I am a Republican, a black, dyed in the wool Republican, and I never intend to belong to any other party than the party of freedom and progress.
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I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
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A man’s rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.
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I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.
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Neither we, nor any other people, will ever be respected till we respect ourselves and we will never respect ourselves till we have the means to live respectfully.
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It is better to be part of a great whole than to be the whole of a small part.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
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If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
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The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.
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